Combined match-striker and check-holder.



A. J. AYERS.

COMBINED MATCH STRIKER AND CHECK HOLDER.

APPLICMLQN. me APR. 28. 19H.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY match strikers.'

ANDREW J'. AYERS, 0F EAST NORTHFIELD,MA-SSACHUSETTS.

[COMBINED MATCH-suman AND CHECK-HOLDER.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented New.. saisir,

Application led April 28, 1917. Serial No. 165,221.

To all :whom zit may concern..i f

`Be 1t known that I, ANDREW J. Arens, a

4 citizen of the United States, residing at East Northfield, in the county of Franklin and State' of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Com- -bined Match-Strikers and Check-Holders, of

.which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ignition devices, and more particularly to The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, cheap and eflicient device of' this character which is so formed as to adapt it for use as an .attachment for the'backs of smokingcar seats, club room and other cha-irs, and which is also capable of being attached to various other articles of furniture, where such 4devices may be found convenient.

Another object'is to so construct a device as to render'it capable Vof use both as a ticket orcheck holder and as a match striker.

Smoking cars, club reomsA and other places where smoking is permitted usually have seats which are upholstered in leather, and which are frequently disgured and rendered unsightly by careless or indierent persons striking matches on 'the leather of such seats. It is to assist inpreventing such abuse that this invention is designed.

JWith the foregoing and .other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and` claimed, it being understood that Achanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made Withinthe. Scope of what is claimed without departing fromthe spirit ofthe invention.

' ln the accompanying .drawings y Figure 1 represents a1 perspective view t5 of the device constituting this invention.

Fig. 2 is .a longitudinal central section thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof. The combined match striker and ticket inthe scope of holder constituting this invention is here shown inn the form of a substantially rec tangular plate l composed of any suitable hght gage metal and finished in any desired manner, being preferably enameled or bronzed to conform to the color of the upholstering of theseat on which it is to be used, or the color ofy any other article to which it may be attached.- This plate l has a laterally eirtending attaching flange 2 along\one side edge thereof, said flange being preferably made integral with the plate and bent at an oblique angle as shown in Fig. 3 to facilitate its engagement with the rear face of a car seat back. This flange 2 is shown provided with apertures 3 to receive fasteners for I connecting the device toa. support and a slot 4 extends longitudinally of said flange and is designed to receive conductors checks, tickets or the like, it being the common practice in railroad traveling for the conductor when he takes up ythe ticket to give the passenger a check when the passenger is making a long journey. v

' The Aplate 1 has slits 5 extending transversely'thereof near its opposite ends, the

outer walls of said slits being outstruck as removed and another substituted when it is worn out.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the vaccompanying draw ings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in theart to which the invention appertains and while I have destribedl the A principle of ,operation of the invention together with the device which l now consider to be -the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are withL the-claimed invention. I claim In a device ofthe class described, a sub- I Vstantallyv rectangularv plate having transtion' of fasteners for connecting the device -attaching flange extending at an oblique verselyl extending. slits vnearv its Opposite `toa support; 10

Vends, a-sti'ip of'abrasive material having the In testimony whereof I atlix my signature ends thereof inserted through said slits, an in'presenee of two witnesses. .v

i I ANDREW J. AYERS. angle from one side. edgeof said plate and Witnesses: A having-a longitudinally extending slot the'rev BENJ. F. FIELD, in, and apertures at its ends for the' recep l WALTER'H; WAITE. 

